Definition of Hiksos

Hyk"sos (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. Egypt.
hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of
Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign
origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about
500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered
that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the
total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years.
It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.

Hyk"sos (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. Egypt.
hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of
Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign
origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about
500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered
that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the
total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years.
It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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